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Vtg. 1938 Amoco / American Oil Points of Interest In Washington D.C. Guidebook

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: This 80-year old travel guide is in very good condition, especially given its age. The edge of the front cover exhibits some minor staining and the spine below the bottom staple is slightly torn (see last photo), but the booklet is tightly bound with no pen/pencil marks, smudges, tears or dog-eared pages.
  • Type of Advertising: Guidebook
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Color: White
  • Date of Creation: 1938
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Brand: AMOCO

    Description

    I'm offering a very good condition softcover copy of the extremely hard-to-find
    1938
    POINTS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON
    GUIDEBOOK
    compliments of
    AMERICAN OIL COMPANY / AMOCO
    . This fascinating advertising booklet provides six days of walking and driving tours to all the historical sites, parks and monuments in the Washington DC area. This 72-page travel/tour guide is loaded with Art Deco-style drawings of all the historical attractions in and around the FDR-era District of Columbia.
    This compact 7” x 4.75” booklet was provided to AMOCO gas stations in the 4th District of five-term Ohio congressman Rep. Robert F. Jones who served in the House of Representatives from 1938 to 1947.  Jones also chaired the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1947 until his retirement in 1952.
    Any collector of historical travel guides and maps or vintage advertising pamphlets will find this book utterly enthralling.   My parents obtained this pre-WWII guide while traveling from Illinois to Washington and stopping at an Ohio AMOCO gas station on the old Lincoln Highway.  Since their passing, I have lovingly stored this vintage souvenir in my smoke, animal and kid-free home.
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